Editor’s Note: The following is an article written for and published in DZone’s 2024 Trend Report, Cloud Native: Championing Cloud Development Across the SDLC.

Simplicity is a key selling point of cloud technology. Rather than worrying about racking and stacking equipment, configuring networks, and installing operating systems, developers can just click through a friendly web interface and quickly deploy an application. Of course, that friendly web interface hides serious complexity, and deploying an application is just the first and easiest step toward a performant and reliable system.